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      Jamie Prentis

      Jamie Prentis

      Lebanon correspondent
      Location
      Beirut
      Jamie is a British journalist and has been a correspondent at the Beirut bureau since March 2022, where he covers Lebanese affairs and the wider region. Before that he was a reporter at the London bureau for nearly four years. Before joining The National he worked for the Libya Herald and covered the country for outlets including The Times.
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      Bassam Hussein is surrounded as he leaves the bank in Beirut on Thursday, at the end of the hostage-taking siege. EPA
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      Beirut bank gunman to remain in custody until next week

      Bassam Hussein has faced a first round of questioning after surrendering following standoff on Thursday

      LebanonAugust 12, 2022
      The armed bank customer in a police vehicle in Beirut. AFP
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      Lebanon Federal Bank staff hostage drama ends

      An armed man held up a branch and demanded his savings, drawing popular backing and sparking heated protests against the country's banking sector

      LebanonAugust 11, 2022
      The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship 'Razoni', carrying Ukrainian grain, in the Black Sea near Istanbul on August 3. Reuters
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      Delivery of first Ukrainian grain ship cancelled by Lebanese buyer

      The 'Razoni' was due to arrive in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sunday but remains near a Turkish port

      LebanonAugust 10, 2022
      Hassan Nasrallah's remarks follow Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip last week. AP
      Hezbollah warns Israel against striking Palestinian officials in Lebanon

      Leader of Iran-backed militants Hassan Nasrallah also renews threats against Israel amid maritime border dispute

      LebanonAugust 09, 2022
      Dust rises as more sections of the grain silos at Beirut's port collapse on Thursday, the second anniversary of the August 4, 2020, explosion at the port that devastated Lebanon's capital. AFP
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      More silos collapse as Lebanon marks second anniversary of Beirut explosion

      Victims' families marched in Lebanese capital in protest over delayed justice

      LebanonAugust 04, 2022
      Pope Francis' visit to Lebanon scheduled for June was postponed. EPA
      Pope Francis: truth over Beirut blast 'can never be hidden'

      Second anniversary of deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital is on Thursday

      LebanonAugust 03, 2022
      Relatives of the Beirut port blast victims march with newly-elected Lebanese opposition members of parliament from the port site to parliament on May 31, 2022. AFP
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      Beirut blast: judicial failures compound grief for victims' families

      Two years after the fatal port explosion, a judicial investigation has stalled and accountability remains a distant prospect

      LebanonAugust 03, 2022
      Smoke rises from the grain silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters
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      Fall of Beirut port silos causes distress for those who wanted memorial

      Collapse of silos' northernmost side blamed on weeks of government inaction, despite pleas from 2020 blast victims' families for monument

      MENAAugust 01, 2022
      Lebanon President Michel Aoun, second right, parliament speaker Nabih Berri, centre, and Lebanon prime minister-designate Najib Mikati, right, in talks with US adviser for energy security Amos Hochstein, second left, and US ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, left, in Baabda, Lebanon. EPA
      US energy envoy bullish about a deal in Lebanon-Israel maritime dispute

      Amos Hochstein in Beirut to mediate maritime boundary talk

      LebanonAugust 01, 2022
      Parts of Beirut's grain silos collapsing just days before the second anniversary of a catastrophic explosion at the Lebanese capital's port that ravaged the stores and swathes of the city. AFP
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      Beirut grain silos collapse after three-week fire at port

      A chunk of the site's northern block, heavily damaged in the 2020 blast, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust

      LebanonJuly 31, 2022
      The silos are at risk of falling and residents living close to the port area have been warned by the Lebanese Health and Environment ministries to wear masks and stay indoors. EPA
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      Beirut port silos at risk of collapse as fire burns unabated

      Residents told to wear a mask and shut their windows if the silos come crashing down

      LebanonJuly 28, 2022
      Gebran Bassil is the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement and son-in-law to President Michel Aoun. EPA
      US charges 'bodyguard' of former Lebanese minister with smuggling weapons

      George Ajaltouni is accused of transporting arms from the US to be resold in Lebanon

      LebanonJuly 27, 2022
      MPs approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to support wheat imports for the next six to nine months. Reuters
      Chaotic scenes in Lebanese Parliament as MPs vote on 40 draft laws

      Among items approved include proposed amendment of country's banking secrecy laws

      LebanonJuly 26, 2022
      In a televised speech on Al Manar TV Nasrallah warned that if Lebanon is prevented from extracting maritime resources, Israel will not be able to sell gas and oil, at a time when US-brokered maritime border negotiations have not yet reached any result. AFP
      Hezbollah's Nasrallah renews threats against Israel's maritime gas plans

      US-mediated talks about Lebanon and Israel's maritime boundaries have made little progress

      LebanonJuly 26, 2022
      Syrian refugee children walk near tents at an informal tent settlement in Akkar, Lebanon. Reuters
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      Syrian refugee camp set on fire in Lebanon's Akkar province

      Lebanese villagers blame camp resident for death of their relative

      LebanonJuly 25, 2022
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